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P. A. SWEENEY. ADJUSTABLE GARMENT HOLDER.

(No Model.)

Patented Sept. 26, 1893.

UNITED STAT S PATENT OFFICE.

PETER ArswEENEY, on PROVIDENCE, RI-IODE ISLAND.

ADJUSTABLE GARMENT-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 505,578, datedSeptember26, 1893.

Application filed May 20,1893. Serial No. 4.74.874. (No as.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER A. SWEENEY, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Providence, in the State of RhodeIsland, have invented a new and useful Adjustable Garment Holder orHanger,

of which the followingis a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide means for hanging an entiresuit of clothes at the same timein such manner that they will be keptsmooth and free from creases, and retain their shape without thenecessity of frequent pressing.

My invention is further designed to, and does, preserve the proper shapeand spring of the trousers legs by insuring their being always foldedand hung in the creases now customarily pressed in the front and back ofthe legs. These purposes are not attained by any form of holderheretofore known to me.

The holder is suspended by a hook, which is rigidly secured to theholder to prevent it from turning or twisting, and is also provided withan offset portion which receives the coat and vest collars and allowsthem to lie in their natural position without being chafed,

creased, crowded out of shape or rumpledl The holder is also providedwith easily adjustable hooks or loop supports for the trousers, adaptedto engage the two front and rear buttons, and insure the trousershanging always fiat and in the proper folds to preserve their shape andsmoothness. These hooks or loop supports are fixedly adjustablerelatively to each other longitudinally of the holder, and therebyadapted to fit any size of waist-band,a most important requisite to theproper hanging of the trousers.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention,-Figure 1 is aside elevation of my newly invented holder, showing the proper manner offolding the trousers and elevation of the same. Fig. 10 is a section online to w of Fig. 9. Fig. 11 is a side elevation of a modification of myinvention.

Similar letters of reference denote like parts wherever they occur inthe drawings.

A represents the body of the holder, which may be made of any suitablematerial, and configuration. It may be provided with one or morevertical slots longitudinally placed near the ends of the body A. In thetop of the body, at the upper edges of said slots (whether the slots arearranged singly, as in Figs. 8, 9, and 10, or in pairs as in Figs. 2, 7and 11), are located, at suitable distances apart, notches or recesses ainto which, for purposes of adjustment, the hooks or supporting-loops aare moved, to accommodate different sizes of waist-bands, and whichserve to retain in fixed position the hooks when adjusted. The slots Iindicate by the letter at, These slots further serve as a steadiment forthe hooks or supporting loops. When the double slots are used the hooksare looped at their upper ends and are passed over and around thatportion of the body A which lies between the slots. When the single slotis used the upper end of the hook is separated into two oppositelyturned hooks which engage the notches a in the top of body of theholder, substantially as shown. The lower end of the hook is similarlyformed to engage the two buttons on the waist-band of the trousers. Incase a loop is used instead of the hook, it is preferably made in adouble U-form, that it may similarly engage two buttons, with itsdepending portion. be similarly attached to the body of the holder, asexplained in the case of the hook. I use only two of the hooks or loops,in order that the necessary adjustment may be readily obtained, andfixed.

It is to The suspending hook B is provided, as

shown, with an offset portion 6, (whichmay be of U orother suitableshape) so as to allow the collars of the coat and vest to assume theirnormal, natural positions when hung upon the holder. The hook Bisfurther provided with means, as a hook or loop I)", by which it can behung upon a nail or hook. It is further provided at its lower end with aV or Ushaped, or staple-like termination by means of which it is sosecured to the body of the holder as to prevent it from turning ortwisting when the garments are placed upon it and the whole is suspendedfrom a hook or nail, thereby obviating a very objectionable featurecommon to all swivel hooks, or hooks with but a single point ofattachment to the supported body.

In the modification shown in Fig. 11, the supporting hooks or loops 1)are adjustable fixedly in the notches at.

Other modifications will readily occur, such as substituting pegs orridges for the notches shown and described; but I contend that theyembody the essential principle of my invention.

' I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In agarment holder,a bodyA,provided at each end with one or more verticalslots a, a, and the transverse notches 0t", arranged at the upper edgesof said slots, combined with a suspending hook B, and depending hooks a,a, held in the said slots, and capable of adjustment relatively to eachother in said notches, and adapted to engage respectively the tWo frontand two rear buttons on the Waist-band of a pair of trousers, andthereby hang them folded in the shaping creases pressed in the front andback of the legs.

2. In a garment holder, a body A, provided at each end with one or morevertical slots at, a, and the transverse notches a", a", arranged at theupper edges of said slots, combined with the ofiset suspending hook B,provided with a bifurcated or staple-like termination whereby it isrigidly secured to the said body at two separated points, and therebyprevents the latter from twisting or turn- 111 5; In a garment holder, abody A, constructed of Wire, and provided with longitudinal verticalslots a, a, and the transverse notches a", a", and with the suspendingloop B, combined with depending hooks a, a, held in said slots, andcapable of adjustment relatively to each other in said notches, andadapted to engage respectively the two front and the two rear buttons onthe waist-band of a pair of trousers, and thereby hang them folded inthe shaping creases pressed in the frontand back of the trousers legs.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, in presence of twowitnesses, this 19th day of May, 1893.

PETER A. SWEENEY.

Witnesses:

HENRY IVIARSH, J r., WILLIAM L. MoCAUsLAND.

